After spending $30.00 on a single bottle of DayQuil (silly me only packed NyQuil), loading up on massive amounts of Vitamin C, and finding that 12 days later I still wasn't getting any better, I finally broke down and went to see a Korean doctor.
I dragged myself out of bed and made the trip to the closest clinic, which was about a 10 minute walk. I had no appointment and I had no idea what to expect, but the process was absolutely painless. It was actually more enjoyable than visiting the doctor back home. I filled out a rather short document and then the Doctor saw me about 20 minutes later and to my surprise, spoke perfect English. He started asking me questions about where I was from and what I was doing in Korea and before long, he gave me his diagnosis. It turns out I have Bronchitis and a slight sinus infection. Awesome! He wrote me a prescription and then he started talking to me about his son and how he's studying to be a pharmacist at the University of Texas. I think my eyes got pretty wide at the thought of a young Korean man who spoke English, had a doctor for a dad (an extremely pleasant one at that), and was studying to be a pharmacist. So instead of thinking about how awesome it was that I only paid $3.80 for my doctor's visit and $6.00 for my drugs, all I could think about was when is that boy coming home? Does that make me a bad person?
So now I'm on a lot of drugs for the next three days. I literally take 5 pills in the morning, 3 in the afternoon, and another 5 pills with dinner all while taking a liquid pouch of syrup with each dose.
But whatever! I'm already starting to feel better. And Doctor Jae Young Kim said to come back Friday if I wasn't feeling better. I'm thinking I might just have to in order to meet this son of his!!
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